XLOOKUP in Excel Tutorial

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In this step-by-step beginner's tutorial, learn how to use the XLOOKUP function in Microsoft Excel. With Excel XLOOKUP formula, you can look up values on the same worksheet or between multiple worksheets. For example, let's say I have a cookie name, chocolate chip, my favorite, and I want to know the price. I have another table with the prices. I can look up the cookie name and get the price back. We'll look at how this function works in the simplest form and then we'll look at more advanced capabilities. XLOOKUP is currently available to Microsoft 365 subscribes. If you don't have Microsoft 365, you can use VLOOKUP or HLOOKUP.
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⌚ Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
1:13 Basic example of XLOOKUP
4:20 Show text when value is not found
5:11 Horizontal lists
5:45 Across worksheets
6:32 Return multiple items
7:29 Nest within other functions
8:58 Use multiple criteria
10:10 Match modes
11:59 Search modes
13:02 Nested XLOOKUP for grid view lookup
15:59 Wrap up
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[@baltic2302]

Thank you Kevin for the nested Xlookup example! Even though we may alternatively use INDEX and MATCH functions to get the same result, nested Xlookup is much easier to use!

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I'm grateful for your content, Kev! Learning this in school and your explanation is way better! Thank you for also using cookies as an example -- I'm able to understand 100%

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Thank you Kevin! I'm learning so much about "Lookup" functions. People handle so many data and this is a great help for those who work a lot with Excel sheet.

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Ah this is the best tutorial and best formula! So much better than VLOOKUP!

[@canirmalchoudhary8173]

Using SUM with XLOOKUP is brilliant idea

[@emilythechef]

Thank you Kevin, this was just what I needed! I have had this feature available to me for over a year, but I was just so used to VLookup, and accommodating my data to facilitate it working, but this is really a game changer and will make for less complicated spreadsheets.

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You know what i always try to watch videos even i know that featur but i willalways be amazed by hidden or complete futures until u have covered. Today its returnin multiple lists and without helper column combining search array and grideview.

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a xlookup nested in another xlookup, cool !

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Unbelievable explanation Kevin, I had watched your previous video about VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP but I was not knowing about this. Thanks again :-)

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Learned about the multiple values returned and nested XLOOKUP. Thx 😊

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Thank you Kevin. Very clear explanation

[@andrew7586]

Well explained as always, thank you. Question: do you think the XLOOKUP function is intended to replace the INDEX-MATCH combination for performing lookups?

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Remarkable Explanation Kevin!! I know VLOOKUP but XLOOKUP was new to me🤔. Thanks for the explanation. It was very crisp and precise👍.... Now that I know both LOOKUPs I can easily work between different sheets. I have recommended your channel to my dad and friend and they are really benefitting it!👏👏

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Thanks this really help me find a value in work 😎

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Spot on mate. This was what I needed. Just the basic explanation to get it working. Thanks. Most video's go too far.

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Thanks Kevin for making Excel easy and exciting. Can you please make a guide for using xLookup in horizontal tables instead of vertical ones?

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Great job. I love your tutorials. They are clear and well structured. Unfortunately i have a hard time using this one to solve a problem. I cant find xlookup (btw i have a fench version of excel cause i'm in Quebec, Canada) I have an interesting problem to submit as a study case. It's about pairing student's to trainng site according to they priority choice list versus the number of sites available and the number of positions in the site also respecting the rank of the student. It doesnt seem to work using Index, Match and Xlookup so i'm thinking about writing a macro but i would rather have it done with formulas. Msg me for more information. Thanks and keep doing those great tutorial but if you coul add the according function in french version that would help me a lot.

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the first example in xlook up, looks like a function I use in lotus alot, when started using Excel, I miss a lot that functon

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Oh, that's nice! I've had to do some monkey business in the past with Vlookup, getting the proper column at the leftmost of the range.

[@shabrinayasminridwan2158]

Hi Kevin! Thanks for your wonderful videos! You explained the materials simple and easy to understand. If I may ask, how can I get microsoft XLOOKUP adds-in? I have microsoft 365 yet I can't find the formula for XLOOKUP. I searched for the adds-in but somehow can't find it too :'') Thanks again for your videos! ❤

[@Ts18762]

Nested lookup- what I came for 🙌 One question though, is it necessary for the years (the example in your data 2020,2021 etc) to be in a continuous columns for the formula to work. If the years are in column B, D, F, would it still work?

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[@Justinian21c]

Great video! But at 5:20 when you switched to horizontal, did you use TRANSPOSE to convert the table from vertical to horizontal? I used transpose to convert the table to horizontal, but when I tried to convert that horizontal list to a table, I got an error message saying: "Multi-cell array formulas aren't allowed in tables." Is there a solution other than manually keying in the table as horizontal?

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Thank you so much... is there a way to copy/paste the information that you have used xlookup?

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[@antjdj]

Thank you! Your videos are so useful thank you. I am struggling with what i thought was the use of vlookup. Using 2 sheets. Sheet 1 has approx 100000 rows, of various data (A to E). In column A would be numeric values, some duplicate. Sheet 2 has 1100 rows, in column A is numeric values, which some are duplicates in Sheet 1 column A. The output I require is in blank cell (column f) in Sheet A, display data from Sheet 2 column B. Vlookup doesnt appear to work "NA". Any assistance would truly help (if it is indeed better in xlookup)

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thanks a lot, i'm a big fan of the function helper too hahaha.. Anyway x lookup works great but not with multiple values, i get the error value... why is that?

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Please do an advanced lesson on EXACT added into the second parameter so that I don't have to sort first.

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You can add in Xlookup in older version .

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Can you please tell us how to consolidate the excel workbook, 🙏🙏🌸

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Tell me more about what you’re trying to do.

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damnit... I was hear to prepare myself for a little department excel tutorial and now I want cookies.

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Thanks

[@aniruddh2025]

hey Kevin, I was trying Xlookup and the way you explained it was super easy and it worked. But when I tried it for the merged columns, it did not. can someone help me with that

[@chris-zu6sf]

Can you make a video that will return a partial string such as 'Ft G Meade, MD' from a text string 'Fort George Meade, MD'? Both are from different tables. Both table values will be joined together.

[@erichfellmann4867]

Hi, Kevin. Very useful indeed. But I still have a problem. In a nested XLOOKUP, when using the capability 'If not found' equals 0, the whole formula fails, because the inside argument doesn't yield an array (but a 0). Is there a workaround for this? All the best.